The Vice-Chancellor of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Prof. Abdulazeez Muhammad Ahmad, who said the university was part of the late 1990s exploration campaign in the Kolmani River-II of the Gongola Sub-basin of North-East Nigeria said though SNEPCo earlier reported a non-commercial gas discovery in Kolmani, the school independently studied another well Nasara-1 as a PhD research and indicated the presence of oil in the well-sourced from lacustrine sediments.
Osote onye isi oche nke Mahadum Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (ATBU), ọkamụta. Abdulazeez Muhammad Ahmad, onye kwuru na mahadum ahụ n'akụkụ nke ngwụcha afọ 1990s na-eme nchọpụta na Osimiri Kolmani-II nke mpaghara Subgogo nke mpaghara ugwu nke ọdịda anyanwụ nke Naịjirịa kwuru. SNEPCo buru ụzọ kwuo na nchọpụta gas na-abụghị nke azụmahịa na Kolmani, ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ nyochara ọfụma ọzọ Nasara-1 dị ka nyocha PhD ma gosipụta ọnụnọ mmanụ dị mma site na ụdị lacustrine.